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CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesManufacturingMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)CriticalResolved

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 18, 2025

Filed

Apr 2, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

12,224

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. →2 incidents on file

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (CA, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2025-04-02 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 12,224 individuals. The covered entity's business associate made individuals' PHI viewable during mailing. Exposed information included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, the media, and affected individuals, and provided free credit monitoring.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Feb 18, 2025

Discovered

Apr 2, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of Billing Document Specialists supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGApr 2 · first
Indiana State AGApr 2 · first
Maine State AGApr 2 · first
HHS OCRApr 2 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.